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The Bread of Those Early Years

Das Brot der frühen Jahre

1962
Germany
feature film - Drama
88 min. (2419 m.)
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Christian Doermer (Walter Fendrich); Karen Blanguernon (Hedwig Muller); Vera Tschechowa (Ulla Wickweber); Eike Siegel (Frau Brotig); Gerry Bretscher (Wolf Wickweber); Tilo von Berlepsch (Vater Fendrich)

Direction

Director: Herbert Vesely

Assistant director: Leo Ti

Writing

Screenplay: Herbert Vesely; Leo Ti; Hans Robert Budewell

Based on: Heinrich Böll (novel)

Script supervisor: Sigrid Laumer

Dialogue: Heinrich Böll

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Wolf Wirth

Assistant camera / focus puller: Petrus Schloemp

Still photographer: Michael Marton

Decor

Prop master: Harald Zimmer

Make-up artist: Gerda Scholz-Grosse

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Christa Pohland

Music

Music: Attila Zoller

Production

Producer: Hansjürgen Pohland

Location manager: Peter Genée

Companies

Production company: modern art film gmbh

Filminfos

shooting period: 1961/11 – 1961/12

premiere: 5/22/1962 – Cannes, France (Cannes Film Festival)

Format: 35mm; 1,37:1; Black and White; mono

language: german

Film Infos: IMdB; filmportal; wikipedia

Awards & Festivals

Film Festivals: 1962: Cannes Film Festival –

Shooting Locations see on map

Location shooting: Bülowstraße Subway Station (opening); Gleisdreieck (Walter meets Hedwig); Lessingstraße 10 (Walters flat); (kiosk); InterContinental (driving scene); Kurfürstenstraße 33 (Company); Flensburger Straße 5 (Hedwigs flat); Zoo Palast (Walter buys flowers); (Walter with flowers); Bikini-Haus (Walter with flowers); Maaßenstraße 1 (Snack Bar); (highrise); (highrise); Oscar Niemeyer House (driving scene); Victory Column (driving scene); (Walter chases Hedwig); subway station Wittenbergplatz (tram); Tauentzienstraße 13 (tram stop); Zoologischer Garten Railway Station (Zoo Terassen); Kurfürstendamm 197 (MGM cinema); Schaubühne (Cinerama)